I swear, there was a movie or two that showed the idyllic nation of Austria being overrun by these bad guys who made everyone afraid, pitted neighbor against neighbor, created classes of "undesirables," and checked everyone's papers on the streets.
I just can't place it...
Anyway, the fine people currently leading Austria must have also forgotten, because they are forcing people without the Covid vax – which shall never be criticized, amen – to stay home forever:
Man, there it is again, this haunting memory of something that happened in places like Austria and Poland and Casablanca where police were once told "to stop and check individuals on the streets."
Weren't there at least one or two movies made about this?
Austrian police have been ordered to stop and check individuals on the streets to enforce a lockdown on people who have refused a Covid-19 vaccine, part of a series of stricter curbs across Europe to counter a renewed surge in infections.
Starting on Monday, people who can't show proof of vaccination and are caught going into cinemas, gyms or retail stores face fines starting at 500 euros ($573). Business owners could be tapped for 3,600 euros, according to the Interior Ministry.
Guys, I'm really getting a premonition here. Can you help me place it?
The Netherlands has entered another partial lockdown, with bars, restaurants and non-essential shops required to shut down and limits placed on private gatherings. Germany may follow with similar measures targeted at people who haven't taken up the government's offer to get inoculated.
"It's absolutely necessary that there has to be contact restrictions for unvaccinated," Oliver Krischer, the deputy head of the Greens caucus in German parliament, said on ZDF television on Monday. "It's very, very important that the majority of the population -- the people who have gotten vaccinated, the people who have done their part -- are able to continue to take part in public life."
I wonder if the "essential" unvaxxed citizens will ever be allowed to leave their homes? I know many of them probably have vastly superior natural immunity, but we're not supposed to talk about that.
